NBA NewsMonday, Mar 30, 2026

The Knicks, losers of six straight to the Thunder, did what inferior teams tend to do. They hung around with the defending champs until crunch time, when OKC flexed its pedigree.

The Nets’ 116-99 win over tanking rival Sacramento before a sellout crowd of 17,548 at Barclays Center broke a 10-game slide, but hurt their odds in the all-important NBA Draft lottery.

The Knicks guard, who returned from a 28-game absence Sunday following sports hernia surgery, appeared to hurt his groin area in the third quarter against the Thunder.

The Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Miami Heat 124-112 to obtain their third straight win on Sunday night. Despite a slow start, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander dropped 29 points, Jalen Williams scored 19, while Chet Holmgren and Ajay Mitchel added 16 for the Thunder. On the other hand, Andrew Wiggins scored 23 points, including seven three-pointers, to […] The post Thunder outgun the Heat for third straight win appeared first on TalkBasket.net .

We have at last entered the season of the fantasy basketball playoffs. If your team didn’t make it, it’s because fantasy basketball is at its core unpredictable and fluky and it in no way means you don’t know what you’re doing; on the other hand, if your team is in the fantasy basketball playoffs, it’s because fantasy basketball is a knowable and quantifiable science that you have completely mastered because you’re an ingenious expert at this, not mention beautiful. Please, blog, may I have s...

If you haven’t heard, Jayson Tatum is actually going to play. That’s cool. It’s always good news when a superstar is playing. You should get him since his upside is a top five player. I wouldn’t expect back to backs at all, and I would expect a minutes limit, probably 20 minutes. Please, blog, may I have some more?

On Monday evening, the Detroit Pistons will hit the road to take on the reigning NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder. Jalen Duren is on the injury report for this one, currently listed as doubtful due to right knee injury management. Here’s everything we know about Duren’s injury and his playing status vs the Thunder. Jalen […] The post Is Jalen Duren playing tonight? Pistons vs. Thunder injury report appeared first on ClutchPoints.

Caitlin Clark thinks Denver Nuggets big man Nikola Jokic is the best player in the world. And Jokic thinks he knows why she said that. Clark, who was on NBC’s broadcast panel before the Nuggets beat the Golden State Warriors on Sunday night, was quite effusive in her praise of Jokic. “I think everybody knew […] The post Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic has hilarious reaction to Caitlin Clark’s ‘best in the world’ praise appeared first on ClutchPoints.

The NBA is almost certainly headed to Seattle, Washington, and to Las Vegas, Nevada. The NBA owners voted unanimously to pursue league expansion to 32 teams, and Seattle and Las Vegas are almost certainly going to be the cities that get new teams. These two cities make a lot of sense for expansion franchises. Seattle […] The post 5 cities that deserve an NBA team after expansion includes Seattle and Las Vegas appeared first on ClutchPoints.

On Monday night, the Minnesota Timberwolves will hit the floor on the road for a game vs the Dallas Mavericks. Anthony Edwards is on the injury report for this one, currently listed as questionable with right knee Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome. Here’s everything we know about Edwards’ injury and his playing status vs the Mavericks.. Anthony […] The post Is Anthony Edwards playing tonight? Timberwolves vs. Mavericks injury report appeared first on ClutchPoints.

The Orlando Magic have not been playing good basketball over the past few weeks as they try to stay afloat in the Eastern Conference, and they may have hit rock bottom in their loss to the Toronto Raptors. The Magic were up 20-14 in the first quarter, then the Raptors went on a historic 31-0 […] The post Desmond Bane’s response to 52-point loss could spell end for Jamahl Mosley appeared first on ClutchPoints.

The Atlanta Hawks have spent the 2025-26 season evolving from an inconsistent offensive squad into a legitimate Eastern Conference threat. As the playoff picture tightens, though, the margin between opportunity and disaster continues to thin. In the Eastern conference, seeding isn’t just positioning but survival. For Atlanta, the wrong matchup could turn a promising ascent […] The post Hawks’ nightmare seeding, matchup scenarios for 2026 NBA Playoffs appeared first on ClutchPoints.